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A decision is expected this afternoon in the trial about Proposition 8, the proposition that wrote a definition of marriage restricted to one man and one woman into the California constitution after voters approved it in November of 2008. The passage of the proposition revoked queer couples ability to get married in the state of California. The court case alleges that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.

There has been much press and anticipation about this court case, which is expected to be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court regardless of the outcome. So while today’s decision won’t ultimately stand alone, it’s an important first ruling from Judge Walker, and may indicate the direction this court case will go.

Today, the AP published an article about proposed state legislation that would require colleges and universities to refer all gender-based violence reports to the police. Although the idea is intuitively appealing to some, survivors and advocates overwhelmingly oppose these bills, which have been introduced in states including Virginia and New Jersey.Critics point out that the criminal justice system fails to treat victims with respect and dignity and that many survivor don’t want to go through a lengthy trial or see their abuser in prison (which, it should be noted, only occurs in 2% of rape cases).

Consequently, if schools are required to pass along all reports to the cops, survivors may just report to no one at all, losing ...

Today, the AP published an article about proposed state legislation that would require colleges and universities to refer all gender-based violence reports to the police. Although the idea is intuitively appealing to some, survivors and ...

Emma Morano is an Italian centenarian who, at 115, is the oldest living person in Europe. In a profile in the New York Timesyesterday, she credits her longevity to eating three raw eggs a day and never remarrying after an early divorce.

Ms. Morano has no doubts about how she made it this long: Her elixir for longevity consists of raw eggs, which she has been eating — three per day — since her teens when a doctor recommended them to counter anemia. Assuming she has been true to her word, Ms. Morano would have consumed around 100,000 eggs in her lifetime, give or take a thousand, cholesterol be damned.

She is ...

Emma Morano is an Italian centenarian who, at 115, is the oldest living person in Europe. In a profile in the New York Timesyesterday, she credits her longevity to eating three raw eggs a day and never ...

According to a new study, to be published in the American Sociological Review, the majority of young people in the US would ideally like to be in an egalitarian relationship in which both partners equally split work and family responsibilities.

In a survey experiment conducted with a nationally representative sample of unmarried, childless men and women between the ages of 18 and 32 in the United States, the researchers asked respondents how they would ideally like to structure their relationship with a future spouse or partner in terms of balancing work and family life.

The study finds that when the option is made available to them, the majority of respondents — regardless of gender or education level — opt for ...

According to a new study, to be published in the American Sociological Review, the majority of young people in the US would ideally like to be in an egalitarian relationship in which both partners equally split ...